Deerfield Township is one of the sixteen
townships of
Ross County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. The
2020 census found 1,039 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Perry Township, Pickaway County - north, west of Deer Creek Township
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Deer Creek Township, Pickaway County - north, east of Perry Township
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Wayne Township, Pickaway County - northeast
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Union Township - southeast
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Concord Township - southwest
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Wayne Township, Fayette County - west
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Marion Township, Fayette County - northwest corner
The village of
Clarksburg is located in northern Deerfield Township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Deerfield Townships are located in
Morgan,
Portage
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, and
Warren counties.
Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Ross County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio